Sendhil Mullainathan Things that price at $4.99 sell very differently than things that price at $5. – Sendhil Mullainathan Price Quotes Sell Quotes For somebody for whom they’re going to buy a certain amount of gas irrespective of the price, should they really spend so much time thinking about the price of gas? It doesn’t affect anything they do. People go shopping, we spend on so many things, and we just don’t know. We don’t know the prices of things. But gasoline, even when you’re not buying, it’s staring you in the face. Psychologists call this ‘salience.’
Lysette Anthony I was sent to boarding school at the age of ten. I think Mummy was trying to protect me in her own way, trying to spare me living through the day-to-day reality of her illness. – Lysette Anthony
Siri Hustvedt The English expression ‘to fall asleep’ is apt because the transition between waking and sleeping is a gradual drop from one state of being into another: a giving up of full self-consciousness for unconsciousness or for the altered consciousness of dreams. – Siri Hustvedt
Kathy Acker Traveling around I don’t think people are that horrible, I think they just don’t know. – Kathy Acker
Brian Eno Human development thus far has been fueled and guided by the feeling that things could be, and are probably going to be, better. – Brian Eno
DesignNathan Sawaya There’s a fun, nostalgic aspect to Legos – people connect to the art on a different level. But it’s also a medium that lets me design anything I can imagine. I especially enjoy creating curvy forms using rectangular pieces. Up close, you notice the sharp angles, but when you back away, the corners blend into curves. – Nathan Sawaya
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